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Atascosa County, Texas

57 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

Research this county

From the record

3 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Texas within the United States
Atascosa County within Texas
Explore by year 1879 1894

What the record shows

  • 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Pleasanton, between 1926 and 1938.
  • 2 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 251 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 3 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 3 buildings.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 28 populated places in this county; 28 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

13 photographs, 1939 to 2014

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Wildflower field near Poteet in Atascosa County, Texas
Wildflower field near Poteet in Atascosa County, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Scene from the "Bad Company Rodeo," part of the annual Poteet Strawberry Festival in Poteet, a small city in Atascosa County, near San Antonio, Texas
Scene from the "Bad Company Rodeo," part of the annual Poteet Strawberry Festival in Poteet, a small city in Atascosa County, near San Antonio, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Real estate office. Poteet, Texas
Real estate office. Poteet, Texas
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Naomi Brander, of San Antonio, aboard her horse Punch at the annual Poteet Strawberry Festival in Poteet, a small city in Atascosa County, Texas, near San Antonio. Naomi was one of the youngest contestants in the festival's "Bad Company Rodeo"
Naomi Brander, of San Antonio, aboard her horse Punch at the annual Poteet Strawberry Festival in Poteet, a small city in Atascosa County, Texas, near San Antonio. Naomi was one of the youngest contestants in the festival's "Bad Company Rodeo"
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Bronc rider about to take a spill at the rodeo in Poteet, Texas
Bronc rider about to take a spill at the rodeo in Poteet, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Scene from the "Bad Company Rodeo," part of the annual Poteet Strawberry Festival in Poteet, a small city in Atascosa County, near San Antonio, Texas
Scene from the "Bad Company Rodeo," part of the annual Poteet Strawberry Festival in Poteet, a small city in Atascosa County, near San Antonio, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Scene from the "Bad Company Rodeo," part of the annual Poteet Strawberry Festival in Poteet, a small city in Atascosa County, Texas, near San Antonio
Scene from the "Bad Company Rodeo," part of the annual Poteet Strawberry Festival in Poteet, a small city in Atascosa County, Texas, near San Antonio
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Naomi Brander, of San Antonio, aboard her horse Punch at the annual Poteet Strawberry Festival in Poteet, a small city in Atascosa County, Texas, near San Antonio. Naomi was one of the youngest contestants in the festival's "Bad Company Rodeo"
Naomi Brander, of San Antonio, aboard her horse Punch at the annual Poteet Strawberry Festival in Poteet, a small city in Atascosa County, Texas, near San Antonio. Naomi was one of the youngest contestants in the festival's "Bad Company Rodeo"
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Scene from the "Bad Company Rodeo," part of the annual Poteet Strawberry Festival in Poteet, a small city in Atascosa County, Texas, near San Antonio
Scene from the "Bad Company Rodeo," part of the annual Poteet Strawberry Festival in Poteet, a small city in Atascosa County, Texas, near San Antonio
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Korus Farmstead, Cribs, U.S. Highway 281 at Farm Road 536, Leming, Atascosa County, TX
Korus Farmstead, Cribs, U.S. Highway 281 at Farm Road 536, Leming, Atascosa County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Korus Farmstead, Dogtrot, U.S. Highway 281 at Farm Road 536, Leming, Atascosa County, TX
Korus Farmstead, Dogtrot, U.S. Highway 281 at Farm Road 536, Leming, Atascosa County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Korus Farmstead, House, U.S. Highway 281 at Farm Road 536, Leming, Atascosa County, TX
Korus Farmstead, House, U.S. Highway 281 at Farm Road 536, Leming, Atascosa County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Korus Farmstead, U.S. Highway 281 at Farm Road 536, Leming, Atascosa County, TX
Korus Farmstead, U.S. Highway 281 at Farm Road 536, Leming, Atascosa County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

3

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Atascosa County Courthousebuilding199797001598
Korus Farmsteadbuilding199898000876
Frederick and Sallie Lyons Housebuilding200101000061

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

2

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Land ownership map, 1879 - Map of Atascosa County
Land ownership map (1879) - Map of Atascosa County. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1894 - Atascosa Co
Land ownership map (1894) - Atascosa Co. Library of Congress.

The county from the air

34 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,736 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 34 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-10-20, scale 1:17000
1951-10-20, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-10-20, scale 1:17000
1951-10-20, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-10-20, scale 1:17000
1951-10-20, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-10-20, scale 1:17000
1951-10-20, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-24, scale 1:69000
1953-04-24, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-24, scale 1:69000
1953-04-24, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-24, scale 1:69000
1953-04-24, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-24, scale 1:69000
1953-04-24, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-01-02, scale 1:16800
1963-01-02, scale 1:16800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-01-02, scale 1:16800
1963-01-02, scale 1:16800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-01-02, scale 1:16800
1963-01-02, scale 1:16800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-01-02, scale 1:16800
1963-01-02, scale 1:16800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-19, scale 1:17200
1964-02-19, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-19, scale 1:17200
1964-02-19, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-22, scale 1:17200
1964-02-22, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-22, scale 1:17200
1964-02-22, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-10-06, scale 1:25000
1966-10-06, scale 1:25000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-10-07, scale 1:25000
1966-10-07, scale 1:25000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-02-14, scale 1:18000
1967-02-14, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-02-14, scale 1:18000
1967-02-14, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-02-14, scale 1:18000
1967-02-14, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-02-14, scale 1:18000
1967-02-14, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-02-02, scale 1:18400
1968-02-02, scale 1:18400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-02-02, scale 1:18400
1968-02-02, scale 1:18400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-02-02, scale 1:18400
1968-02-02, scale 1:18400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-02-02, scale 1:18400
1968-02-02, scale 1:18400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-08-01, scale 1:26000
1973-08-01, scale 1:26000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-08-01, scale 1:26000
1973-08-01, scale 1:26000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-08-01, scale 1:26000
1973-08-01, scale 1:26000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-08-01, scale 1:26000
1973-08-01, scale 1:26000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-12, scale 1:65000
1989-12-12, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-12, scale 1:65000
1989-12-12, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-12, scale 1:64563
1989-12-12, scale 1:64563. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-12, scale 1:64364
1989-12-12, scale 1:64364. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

31 stations, 1 gage

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

32 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 7-1Justice Precinct 1: Jourdanton city: Jourdanton city - That part east of Campbell Ave.
  • 7-2Jourdanton city - That part west of Campbell Ave.
  • 7-3Justice Precinct 1 - That part east of State Hwys. 346 and 173, outside Jourdanton city
  • 7-4Justice Precinct 1 - That part west of State Hwys. 346 and 173, outside Jourdanton city
  • 7-5Justice Precinct 2: Lytle, unincorporated (See boundaries shown on aerial photo BQP - 14 - 110)
  • 7-6Justice Precinct 2 - That part outside the unincorporated place of Lytle (See aerial photo BQP - 14 - 110 for boundaries of Lytle)
  • 7-7Justice Precinct 3: Charlotte city
  • 7-8Justice Precinct 3 - That part northwest of San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf Railroad, and northeast of Clear Creek, outside Charlotte city
  • 7-9Justice Precinct 3 - That part west of Clear Creek and San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf Railroad
  • 7-10Justice Precinct 3 - That part west of the Charlotte-Hime School Rd. extended southward to county line, and east of San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf Railroad, outside Charlotte city
  • 7-11Justice Precinct 3 - That part south of the San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf Railroad and east of the Charlotte-Hime School Rd. extending southward to county line, outside Charlotte city
  • 7-12Justice Precinct 4: Campbellton city
  • 7-13Christine city
  • 7-14Justice Precinct 4 - That part east of U.S. Hwy. 281, outside Campbellton city
  • 7-15Justice Precinct 4 - That part west of U.S. Hwy. 281, outside Campbellton and Christine cities
  • 7-16Justice Precinct 6: Poteet city; Poteet - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits City limits; 9th
  • 7-17BN/A
  • 7-17AN/A
  • 7-18Poteet city - That part Bounded by Ave. C; 6th; City limits; 3rd
  • 7-19Poteet city - That part Bounded by City limits; 6th, Ave. C, 3rd; City limits; City limits
  • 7-20Justice Precinct 6 - That part east of the San Antonio Southern Railway, outside Poteet city
  • 7-21Justice Precinct 6 - That part west of the San Antonio Southern Railway and east of Palo Alto Creek, outside Poteet city
  • 7-22Justice Precinct 6 - That part west of Palo Alto Creek
  • 7-23Justice Precinct 7
  • 7-24BNorth Pleasanton city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; State Hwy. 97
  • 7-24ANorth Pleasanton city: North Pleasanton city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits, State Hwy. 97; City limits; City limits
  • 7-25Pleasanton city: Pleasanton city - That part east of U.S. Hwy. 281, and southeast of State Hwy. 97
  • 7-26Pleasanton city - That part north and west of State Hwy. 97 SUPERVISORS NOTE: This Enumeration District is expected to require subdivision. Examine before enumeration. See instructions
  • 7-27Pleasanton city - That part south of State Hwy. 97, and west of U.S. Hwy. 281
  • 7-28Justice Precinct 8 - That part north of State Hwy. 97, outside Pleasanton and North Pleasanton cities
  • 7-29Justice Precinct 8 - That part southwest of the Atascosa River and southwest of State Hwy. 97, outside Pleasanton and North Pleasanton cities
  • 7-30Justice Precinct 8 - That part south of State Hwy. 97 and northeast of Atascosa River, outside North Pleasanton and Pleasanton cities

Wildfire, 2005 to 2020

1,827 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,827 of them, burning about 23,344 acres. 17 started naturally and 32 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning690
Missing data/not specified/undetermined616
Equipment and vehicle use297
Smoking92
Power generation/transmission/distribution53
Arson/incendiarism32
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony16
Misuse of fire by a minor14

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,085 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceATASCOSA COMPLEX
20 April 2006Arson/incendiarism800 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
31 January 2008Debris and open burning500 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 February 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 January 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
31 January 2008Debris and open burning425 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 March 2006Equipment and vehicle use400 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined400 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1963 to 2025

60 of 278 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 278 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 2 injuries and about $3,227,950 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail109
Flash Flood76
Thunderstorm Wind75
Tornado16
Funnel Cloud1
Lightning1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1996Thunderstorm WindCampbellton1 hurt, $30,000no account filed
May 1972Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $2,500no account filed
March 2002Thunderstorm WindLytle$500,000Severe winds in the Lytle area damaged or destroyed three mobile homes, while blowing over trees, limbs, road signs, and damaging roofs in the area.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindJourdanton$250,000A National Weather Service storm survey concluded that a microburst caused numerous trees down near downtown Jourdanton. Trees were down along Maple, Cedar, Main streets, along with other side roads near the courthouse. A lawn furniture manufacturing plant near the corner of Zanderson and maple was demolished with roof pieces being thrown several blocks away. There was other minor roof damage observed to a bail bonds business across the street from the Sheriff's office near the intersection of Oak Street and Campbell Avenue.
May 1980Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
July 2008LightningVerdi$150,000Lightning struck a house on County Road 209 in the Serbin area. The house was struck around 1 pm while the residents were away. The house was destroyed.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindPleasanton$100,000Severe thunderstorm winds overturned mobile homes and damaged roofs at Charlotte and blew over trees near Christine.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindCountywide$100,000Spotty damage was seen across northern Atascosa County during an NWS survey. The most significant damage was across the western part of the county. In Pleasanton, only minor damage to tree branches was noted, but in Jourdanton, severe thunderstorm winds took parts of a roof off a restaurant at the intersection of SH16 and FM97. The Atascosa County Sheriff's Department had received reports of strong wind damage along Ogden Road west of Jourdanton. One rancher reported over 90 trees knocked over by the wind. Damage to large tree limbs was indicated along FM97 west of Jourdanton and along FM1333 north of Charlotte. All this damage appeared to have been caused by severe thunderstorm winds.
September 2002Flash FloodCountywide$100,000General 2 to 3 inch rainfall was indicated across the county with amounts averaging 5 inches along and south of a line along FM140 from the Frio County line to near Charlotte. Parts of this area received up to 11 inches of rain. Considerable damage was reported along FM140.
April 2002HailPleasanton$100,000Hail up to the size of tennis balls, driven by winds of 40 to 50 mph, damaged windows of homes and cars in the Pleasanton area.
November 2001Flash FloodSoutheast Portion$80,000A general 2 to 3 inch rain fell over the southern portion of Atascosa County, with as much as 5 inches southeast of Cambellton. Widespread flash flooding developed over the southern part of the county, ending around midnight. Considerable damage was reported to roads and bridges in the southeast corner of Atascosa County.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindCharlotte$80,000A severe thunderstorm damaged several small sheds and took roofs off homes in the Charlotte area.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindPoteet$80,000no account filed
April 2007Thunderstorm WindPoteet$75,000A severe thunderstorm struck Atascosa County with wind gusts estimated near 70 knots, damaging and rolling a mobile home and blowing down trees just northwest of Poteet.
July 2003Flash FloodCountywide$50,000Claudette produced heavy rain over Atascosa County in the late afternoon and early evening, with general accumulations of 1 to 2 inches and isolated totals over the southern part of the county of up to 6 inches.
April 2002Flash FloodNorth Portion$50,000Rainfall of up to 6 inches fell over the northwest part of Atascosa County in the late evening hours, causing flash flooding. Minor damage was indicated to roads and bridges over the northern part of the county, with more significant damage to crops in the north part of the county.
October 2002Flash FloodCountywide$50,000Showers and thunderstorms moved into Atascosa County from the west just before sunrise and continued until near noon. General rainfall amounts were between 1 and 2 inches, with widespread 3 inch amounts. Heaviest amounts were near 5 inches in the extreme northern part of the County. Damage was reported to be widespread over the roads and bridges in the northern part of the County.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindCampbellton$50,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew the roof off several houses and blew down numerous trees.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindLytle$50,000Downburst winds blew over and destroyed a mobile home near Lytle. Also, hail propelled by the very high winds blew out windows of homes and cars in and around the Lytle area.
April 1997Flash FloodCoughran$50,000Roads were closed and under water, mainly over the western part of the county.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindPoteet$50,000The Sheriff's Office reported several mobile homes damaged in Poteet.
June 1999Flash FloodPleasanton$50,000no account filed
October 1998Flash FloodCountywide$50,000no account filed
February 1998HailLytle$50,000no account filed
June 2003Tornado (F0)Poteet$40,000The public reported that a short-lived and small tornado touched down west of Poteet shortly after the strong winds had begun. The tornado knocked over several trees, then lifted up and dissipated.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindPoteet$40,000The Atascosa County Sheriff's Department reported power lines blown down by high winds just east of Poteet
May 1995Thunderstorm WindPleasanton$40,000A bow-shaped thunderstorm system moved rapidly through Atascosa County, producing large hail and damaging winds. Windows were blown out in Jourdanton by large hail, driven horizontally by strong winds. Trees and power lines were knocked down. Mobile homes were overturned near Charlotte. A barn was destroyed near Charlotte. One man asleep in his mobile home was blown into the closet as it was destroyed by the winds. He was not injured. A storage shed company was destroyed; one of the sheds was blown nearly two miles down the road. Also destroyed were a finance company and an aircraft maintenance company. Two mobile homes were destroyed and another dozen damaged in Pleasanton.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindJourdanton$40,000A bow-shaped thunderstorm system moved rapidly through Atascosa County, producing large hail and damaging winds. Windows were blown out in Jourdanton by large hail, driven horizontally by strong winds. Trees and power lines were knocked down. Mobile homes were overturned near Charlotte. A barn was destroyed near Charlotte. One man asleep in his mobile home was blown into the closet as it was destroyed by the winds. He was not injured. A storage shed company was destroyed; one of the sheds was blown nearly two miles down the road. Also destroyed were a finance company and an aircraft maintenance company. Two mobile homes were destroyed and another dozen damaged in Pleasanton.
May 1995HailJourdanton$40,000A bow-shaped thunderstorm system moved rapidly through Atascosa County, producing large hail and damaging winds. Windows were blown out in Jourdanton by large hail, driven horizontally by strong winds. Trees and power lines were knocked down. Mobile homes were overturned near Charlotte. A barn was destroyed near Charlotte. One man asleep in his mobile home was blown into the closet as it was destroyed by the winds. He was not injured. A storage shed company was destroyed; one of the sheds was blown nearly two miles down the road. Also destroyed were a finance company and an aircraft maintenance company. Two mobile homes were destroyed and another dozen damaged in Pleasanton.
June 2007Flash FloodLytle$30,000Scattered to numerous thunderstorms across northern Atascosa, eastern Medina and western Bexar Counties produced rain totals of 2 to 3 inches. Highest totals in Atascosa County were 4 inches near Lytle and south of Campbellton. SH132, FM2790, FM140, and FM791 were closed due to high water, among other roads. Two people in a pickup were swept off FM463 in the late that evening. They abandoned the truck and clung to trees for nearly 2 hours until they were rescued.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindPoteet$30,000The Atascosa Sheriff's Department reported that severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees near Poteet in the north central part of the county.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Jourdanton$30,000A small tornado struck just west of Jourdanton, knocking over trees and power lines. It was observed by a deputy sheriff as it moved nearly a quarter mile before dissipating. No other damage was indicated.
October 2002Flash FloodNorth Portion$30,000As an upper level low pressure area began to approach from the west on the night of October 8, scattered showers and thunderstorms began forming over Atascosa and Wilson Counties. They showed very slow movement toward the northeast. General 2 to 3 inch amounts fell across the northern part of Atascosa County, with isolated totals up to 5 inches. Flash flooding was reported over many of the county roads in the northern part of Atascosa County through the late night hours.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindPleasanton$30,000Severe winds blew over trees with some landing on automobiles and causing damage.
May 2001HailCampbellton$30,000no account filed
August 2001Flash FloodCountywide$30,000no account filed
February 1998Tornado (F1)Lytle$25,000no account filed
September 1992Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 2000Flash FloodNorth Portion$20,000Flash flooding developed in the mid morning across much of northern Atascosa County. The worst of the flooding was in the the Leming area, where several roads were closed due to accumulations of over 6 inches of rain.
May 1995HailCharlotte$20,000A bow-shaped thunderstorm system moved rapidly through Atascosa County, producing large hail and damaging winds. Windows were blown out in Jourdanton by large hail, driven horizontally by strong winds. Trees and power lines were knocked down. Mobile homes were overturned near Charlotte. A barn was destroyed near Charlotte. One man asleep in his mobile home was blown into the closet as it was destroyed by the winds. He was not injured. A storage shed company was destroyed; one of the sheds was blown nearly two miles down the road. Also destroyed were a finance company and an aircraft maintenance company. Two mobile homes were destroyed and another dozen damaged in Pleasanton.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindCharlotte$20,000A bow-shaped thunderstorm system moved rapidly through Atascosa County, producing large hail and damaging winds. Windows were blown out in Jourdanton by large hail, driven horizontally by strong winds. Trees and power lines were knocked down. Mobile homes were overturned near Charlotte. A barn was destroyed near Charlotte. One man asleep in his mobile home was blown into the closet as it was destroyed by the winds. He was not injured. A storage shed company was destroyed; one of the sheds was blown nearly two miles down the road. Also destroyed were a finance company and an aircraft maintenance company. Two mobile homes were destroyed and another dozen damaged in Pleasanton.
August 2001Flash FloodNorth Portion$20,000no account filed
September 2001Flash FloodCountywide$20,000no account filed
August 1998Flash FloodCountywide$20,000no account filed
February 1998Thunderstorm WindPoteet$20,000no account filed
August 1996Flash FloodCountywide$20,000no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindChristine$10,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 80 mph that blew the roof off a house near Christine. Rain was pouring into the living room.
August 2008Flash FloodRossville$10,000The emergency manager reported water in a few homes off of Highway 2504 and Garden Road.
September 2003Flash FloodSouth Portion$10,000After the soaking rains of September 1 and 2, soils over Atascosa, DeWitt and Lavaca Counties were generally saturated. As additional rainfall developed in the late morning of September 3, flash flooding developed very quickly and continued into the mid afternoon. This time the heaviest rainfall was over the southern parts of Atascosa and DeWitt Counties and over the western part of Lavaca County, where general 1 inch rainfall was reported with isolated totals to 3 inches in Atascosa and Lavaca Counties and 4 inches in DeWitt County. Flash flooding spread across all of the 3 counties. Damage was reported only to roads and bridges.
September 2003Flash FloodCountywide$10,000After several days of widespread general showers, soils were generally saturated across South Central Texas. On September 5, additional rainfall developed from the southern part of Bandera County across the Bexar and Atascosa Counties and into the western part of Wilson County. Repeated showers and thunderstorms produced general rainfall over county of around 1 inch, with isolated totals of up to 4 inches in the south part of the county. Damage was limited to roads and bridges.
November 2001Flash FloodSoutheast Portion$10,000In addition to rainfall overnight, additional 1 to 2 inches across the county caused widespread flash flooding in the southeast corner of the county. The flash flooding was brief and the only damage was to unimproved roads.
May 2000Flash FloodNorth Portion$10,000Rainfall of up to 4 inches in around two hours caused widespread flooding over the northern part of Atascosa County. Many of the roads in Atascosa County were also closed.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindLytle$10,000Gusts estimated at over 55 knots with widespread damgage to trees.
November 2000Flash FloodSoutheast Portion$10,000no account filed
August 1998Flash FloodCountywide$10,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindPoteet$10,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindCharlotte$10,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindPleasanton$10,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindPleasanton$10,000no account filed
August 1996Flash FloodCountywide$10,000no account filed

Mines and quarries

21 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 21 workings inside this county. 18 still produce and 3 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction6
Silica4
Sulfur3
Uranium2
Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction1
Limestone, General1
Bentonite1
Uranium, Sulfur1
Stone, Crushed/Broken1
Silica, Clay1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Conoco Hurt PitUranium, SulfurProducer
Freddie Harris Sand CoSilica, ClayProducer
Freddie Harris Sand Co. PitClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerClay, Sand
South Texas Construction Co. PitLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
South Texas Construction PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Witherspoon Ranch PitBentonitePast ProducerBentonite
Shaefer ProspectUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Thane ProspectUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Fashing Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
Jourdanton SulfurSulfurProducer
Lone Star Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
Espey Silica Sand Co A1 Pit and PltSilicaProducer
Harrison Pit & PlantSilicaProducer
Star Pit & PlantSilicaProducer
Star PlantSilicaProducer
A-1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Harrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Palo Alto Sand Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Silica Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Silica Sand Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley Caliche Products PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerCaliche

Every populated place in the county

28

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 1 place that was also surveyed for fire insurance comes first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Recorded here

Pleasanton, Texas

9 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1926 to 1938

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

4 structures

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.